One Hundred Sixty Sixth Commencement May 7, 2005 Savannah State University

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The Chief Marshal

The Class Marshals

Candidates for Master's Degrees

Candidates for Baccalaureate Degrees

Faculty Emeriti

The Faculty

The Presidential Party

The academic regalia, the academic processional, and the ceremonial
program are part of an ancient tradition of learning. This tradition is a
unified, solemn occasion at which only applause is appropriate.

The audience is asked to refrain from any other form of expression and to
reserve celebrations until the program is concluded.

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Dr. Carlton E. Brown, President
Presiding

PRELUDE "Largo" Handel

Professor Nan Poole Spicer, Organist

ACADEMIC PROCESSION .... ."War March of the Priests". . . .Felix Mendelssohn

Professor Nan Poole Spicer, Organist

INVOCATION Pastor Ronald Greene

Victory Bible Fellowship

SELECTION "Ain'-a That Good News!" arr. by William L. Dawson

The Savannah State University Concert Choir
Director, Professor Nan Poole Spicer

INTRODUCTION OF PLATFORM

GUESTS AND SPEAKER Dr. Carlton E. Brown

COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS Mrs. Esther Silver-Parker

Vice President of Diversity Relations
for Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

PRESENTATION OF AWARDS Dr. Carlton E. Brown

President's Second Mile Award

SELECTION "I Told The Storm" arr. by Greg O'Quinn

The Savannah State University Wesleyan Gospel Choir ~ Director, Mr. Donte Jones

PRESENTATION OF CANDIDATES
FOR THE MASTER OF

SOCIAL WORK DEGREE Dr. George N. Williams

Dean of Graduate Studies and Sponsored Research

PRESENTATION OF CANDIDATES

FOR THE MASTER OF SCIENCE

IN URBAN STUDIES DEGREE Dr. George N. Williams

PRESENTATION OF CANDIDATES

FOR THE MASTER OF SCIENCE

IN MARINE SCIENCE DEGREE Dr. George N. Williams

CONFERRING OF MASTER'S DEGREES Dr. Carlton E. Brown

Assisted by Dr. Judith Edwin, Dean of Enrollment Management

and Dr. Charles J. Elmore, Professor of Humanities and

Chairman, Department of Mass Communications

INTRODUCTION

OF UNDERGRADUATE DEANS Dr. Joseph H. Silver, Sr.

Vice President for Academic Affairs

PRESENTATION OF CANDIDATES

FOR THE BACCALAUREATE DEGREE

College of Business Administration Dr. Mostafa H. Sarhan, Dean

College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences Dr. Jane Gates, Dean

College of Sciences and Technology Dr. Babajide Familoni, Dean

CONFERRING OF BACCALAUREATE DEGREES Dr. Carlton E. Brown

Assisted by the Academic Deans,

Dr. Judith Edwin, Dean of Enrollment Management

and Dr. Charles J. Elmore, Professor of Humanities and

Chairman, Department of Mass Communications

PRESIDENT'S CHARGE TO THE GRADUATES Dr. Carlton E. Brown

ALUMNI INDUCTION Dr. Percy A. Mack, Jr.

President, Savannah State University National Alumni Association

PRESENTATION OF NAVAL RESERVE OFFICERS

TRAINING CORPS CANDIDATES FOR

COMMISSIONING Capt. Leonard B. Jones

COMMISSIONING OF OFFICERS

Reading the Commissioning Document Dr. George N. Williams

Dean, Graduate Studies and Sponsored Research
and Faculty representative to NROTC

ADMINISTERING THE OATH OF OFFICE Capt. Leonard B. Jones

ALMA MATER* .Professor Nan Poole Spicer, Organist

BENEDICTION Pastor Ronald Greene

RECESSIONAL** "Pomp and Circumstance" Sir Edward Elgar

Professor Nan Poole Spicer, Organist

Immediately after the recessional the Presidential Party and Faculty will greet guests at
a reception in the Courtyard of the Howard Jordan Building, the College of Business
Administration.

Savannah State College Hymn

J. Randolph Fisher and Hillary Hatchett

Let us give thanks and praise to Thee

To our Alma Mater, S.S.C.

Thine honor, pride, and eminence,

We raise in prayerful reverence.

Guide us still from day to day,

Be Thou mindful lest we lose our way;

Help us know that life, short or long,

Means unceasing work for weak and strong.

Refrain

Where Savannah meets the sea,

Where grassy plains and palms abound,

Where the Flow'rs are gems of loveliness,

There S.S.C. is found.
We adore each beauteous scene and hall,

Our all we pledge to Thee!

In our hearts we'll build a shrine for Thee

We hail Thee, S.S.C!

*The audience is requested to stand.

**The audience is requested to sit and to remain seated until the recession has exited.

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COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

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Madison Leigh Akridge
Kashana Taneshia Bowden
Sondra Regina Bryant
Kendra Caprice Carter
Julie Ann Chanin
Michael Stanley Congdon
Karolyn Ethridge Daniel
Jennifer Ann Davis
LaCharm Cobb Dennard
Edward J. Fahey, Jr.
Bobby Rene* Fisher
Terri Denise Fleming
Rosby Dean Frasier
Denise Doucette Friday
Natussha W. Futch
Norma Nior Gonzales
IJulie Patterson Hawkins
Ingrid Sellers Hazzard
Sondra Shantel Hicks
Janice Thornton Hill
Evelyn Janice Johnson
Elizabeth Adora Jones
Deb Kinney
Tammie JoAnn Lovett
Amber Louise Luxford
Laura Duncan Martin
Heather Fertina Massey
Amber Holder McArthur
Kimberlee McFarland Mitchell
Vanessa L. Norwood
T. Joe Shryock
IMercy A. Tanjong
Marquita O'Neal Timmons
Antoinetta Latoya Walker
Natalie V. Walker
Stephanie Michael Whitehurst
Pamela Melissa Williams

Florida State University

Georgia Southern University

Hampton University

Savannah State University

Armstrong Atlantic State University

State University College Brockport

Georgia Southern University

University of Northern Iowa

Savannah State University

Savannah State University

Georgia Southern University

Georgia Southern University

Georgia Southwestern State University

University of Massachusetts - Amherst

Savannah State University

Saint Leo University

Palm Beach Atlantic University

Savannah State University

Georgia Southern University

Upper Iowa University

Brewton-Parker College

Georgia Southern University

Park University

Albany State University

Concordia College

Mitchell College

Valdosta State University

Brewton-Parker College

Jackson State University

Savannah State University

Georgia Southern University

University of Yaounde

Georgia Southern University

Georgia Southern University

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Troy State University

Georgia Southern University

***Summa Cum Laude **Magna Cum Laude

*Cum Laude !In Absentia

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Yvonne Lee James Armstrong Atlantic State University

Marilyn Ruffin McFarlin-Johnson Savannah State University

Gwendolyn Laura New National-Louis University

COLLEGE OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY

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Dwight Andre Ebanks Savannah State University

Sue Chaplin Ebanks Savannah State University

Lisia J. Kowalczyk University of Tennessee at Knoxville

Whitney Harn Palefsky Armstrong Atlantic State University

Kathryn E. Sukkestad Armstrong Atlantic State University

paccalaureate Degree Conferred

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS

Accounting

***Jankie Devi Ali Richmond Hill, Georgia

**Crystal Calise Barkley Forsyth, Georgia

Keyshia Lucheia Battee Columbus, Georgia

*Mariano Osvaldo Carrillo Savannah, Georgia

Federico Alberto Foster Savannah, Georgia

Elaine Tonnelle Graham Savannah, Georgia

**Christopher Crawford Kemp Nassau, Bahamas

Anna Pezeshki Savannah, Georgia

James Cedric Stewart Forsyth, Georgia

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Jeremy Keith Anderson Americus, Georgia

*Shekira Andrell Baldwin Cuthbert, Georgia

Darnell Curtis Blackshear Savannah, Georgia

*Bridgett LaTrelle Brady Savannah, Georgia

Kei Shondra Michol Campbell Savannah, Georgia

***Damian Louis Centgraf II Savannah, Georgia

Eric Jaron China Davisboro, Georgia

***Keisha Aniskha Deveaux Nassau, Bahamas
Michael L. Garrett, Jr. Bloomingdale, Georgia

** Jessica Yolanda Green Garden City, Georgia

Trinity J. Height Savannah, Georgia

Drashonda S. Ingram Chicago, Illinois

Mina Behroozi Keshavarz Savannah, Georgia

Emily Denise Marable Ellenwood, Georgia

***Summa Cum Laude **Magna Cum Laude *Cum Laude !In Absentia

Antonio Rodriquez Marion
**Daphney Pierre
** Jackie Primer
Akela Janee Shakir
Terrick Londell Smalls
Reginald Edward Smith II
Tiffany L. Stephens
*Joshua R. Wagner
*Kewanda Sharnta Walker
Kawanda Letrice Ware
Jerry Wright

Dublin, Georgia

Savannah, Georgia

Hinesville, Georgia

Decatur, Georgia

Bishopville, South Carolina

Savannah, Georgia

Savannah, Georgia

Edgewater, Maryland

Fortson, Georgia

Lincolnton, Georgia

Savannah, Georgia

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Darrius Jermaine Bolden
***Melody Carolyn Geneva Burks
Ruth Renee Crawford
Chad Durrence
Chase Laden Durrence
Lesa Joyce Hagins
Bryan C. Hilton
Nicholas Rashad Kinsey
(Alexander Lamar Lawton
Brandon Elee Lindsey
*Michelle Green Mathis
** Veronica Nyeema Rahim
***Lakita Cherell Reese
**Sheena Fatima Travis-Bell

Bishopville, South Carolina

Savannah, Georgia

Savannah, Georgia

Richmond Hill, Georgia

Savannah, Georgia

Savannah, Georgia

Stone Mountain, Georgia

East Point, Georgia

Warner Robins, Georgia

Riverdale, Georgia

Marietta, Georgia

Perry, Georgia

Dublin, Georgia

Augusta, Georgia

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*Nicole Hampton
Patricia Anne Jenks-Greene
Jerri Orntraye Pollard
**Erin Jacquel Rawls
Donna Marie Roberts
Naketra D. Ross

*Nykeba Tawana Shider
Stacey Ray Simmons
Sherean Michele Sledge

*Joi Akira Stevens
Gregory Baune Walker
Janetta Charisse Williams

Savannah, Georgia
Savannah, Georgia
Savannah, Georgia
Savannah, Georgia
Savannah, Georgia
Savannah, Georgia
Waycross, Georgia
Ellenwood, Georgia

Detroit, Michigan

Savannah, Georgia

Macon, Georgia

Detroit, Michigan

***Summa Cum Laude

**

Magna Cum Laude

*Cum Laude !In Absentia

COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

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Michelle Marie Duncan
**Teri Palzora Addison Schell

Savannah, Georgia
Tybee Island, Georgia

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**Toccara Renee Allen

Ca'Landra JoNetta Blockman
* Cassandra Dee Boyd

Larry Braxton Brown

Jason Glenn Carson
*Shirlene Jikel Duval

Quincy J. Harris

Parenthea Rochon Horton

Cedrick Antoine Howard
*Antionette Jenay Manokey
*Dana Noelle Patmon

Rhonda Marie Rawls
**Kaytrina Monique Sharp

Kimberly Mekia Tatum

Beaufort, South Carolina

Decatur, Georgia

Savannah, Georgia

Savannah, Georgia

Lithonia, Georgia

Lithonia, Georgia

Cartersville, Georgia

Riverdale, Georgia

Ellenwood, Georgia

Savannah, Georgia

Morrow, Georgia

Decatur, Georgia

Hinesville, Georgia

Augusta, Georgia

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Sandra Laverne Brady
**Sherika Nicole Minor

Savannah, Georgia
Savannah, Georgia

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**Torrez Monroe Wilson Hephzibah, Georgia

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**Zarron Damone Brown
* Jason Dominique Graham
*Barry Andre Mincey
Edward Derell Perry
* Fabian Shavar Small

Savannah, Georgia

Orange Park, Florida

Statesboro, Georgia

Decatur, Georgia

Bishopville, South Carolina

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Sandra Laverne Brady
Alethia Roberta Skipper
*Scott Charles Witt
***Summa Cum Laude **Magna Cum Laude

Savannah, Georgia
Savannah, Georgia
Savannah, Georgia
*Cum Laude !In Absentia

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Yalonda Nicole Brock
Jamaal Curtis Jackson
JaNelle Frances Porter

*Janelle Bertina Richardson
Tomeka Lakechia Rudolph
LouBrenda Hendrix Stephens

* Patricia Louise Winters

Jonesboro, Georgia

Middletown, New York

Lithonia, Georgi

Savannah, Georgia

Montgomery, Alabama

Savannah, Georgia

Providence, Rhode Island

political Science

**Florence Breanka Elizabeth Cornish
Iulia Fripcea Filip
La Wanda Teskion Perkins
Travis Miquel Sumter
Charla Elaine Williams-Brown

Jacksonville, Florida

Hilton Head Island, South Carolina

Savannah, Georgia

Savannah, Georgia

Savannah, Georgia

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Crystal Elaine Armstrong

Atlanta, Georgia

Michael Dennis Blake

Savannah, Georgia

Clevetta Letasher Brown

Hawkinsville, Georgia

Roslyn Suzzanne DeLoach

Savannah, Georgia

***Auriel Louise Fields

Mount Vernon, Georgia

*Zenobia Sharika Gray

Savannah, Georgia

**Kimberly G. Green

Savannah, Georgia

** Jason Ray Gwinn

Conley, Georgia

ShaLonda LaShay Jackson

Brunswick, Georgia

Barbara Ann Jones

Hinesville, Georgia

** Ashley Monique Sapp

Savannah, Georgia

Barbara Faye Smith

Savannah, Georgia

**Sherrich MonsherThegg

Decatur, Georgia

Ivory Lee West, Jr.

Riceboro, Georgia

Shekinna Latrice Williams

Perry, Georgia

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*Shafeqah Johnson Abdullah
Keyonna Hope Adams
Tiffany Montonnya Brown
Katrina Lynette Davis
Ardeshia Ce'mon Green

* * * Summa Cum Laude * *Magna Cum Laude

Savannah, Georgia

Decatur, Georgia

Fort Valley, Georgia

Savannah, Georgia

Dade City, Florida

*Cum Laude !In Absentia

Melody H. Haynes
Chimelle Mache Johnson
Senobia Makeba Mitchell
Melinda Diana Morgan
*Marquita Sherell Parks
**Kisha Simone Reese
*ZaDonna Monique Slay
Derrick Timothy Vann

Columbus,
Savannah,
Savannah,

Atlanta,
Gay,

Dublin,
Savannah,

Guyton,

Georgia
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Georgia
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Georgia
Georgia
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COLLEGE OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY

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Sheryl Alicia Alexander
John Harvey Braxton, Jr.
*Lesley Star Broadnex
***Shavone Shantel Burrows
Morris Bernard Clarington

* Kenya Irene Crawford
**Adanna E. Dennis-Osuagwu

Bryan Christopher Ellis
Sean Michael Griffin

* Karen Denise Harris
Stephanie Candace Jackson
Harriett Slater King
Quinita Shantell Martin

*Charlena Patrice McRae
La Dwayna Zandria Wilcher

**Erika Faye Adkinson
Timothy Eric Butterbaugh
Courtney Brooke Dorsey
Antronella Maneche Duff
J. J. Wilson

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Savannah, Georgia

Savannah, Georgia

Albany, Georgia

Nassau, Bahamas

Perry, Georgia

Savannah, Georgia

Savannah, Georgia

Savannah, Georgia

Statesboro, Georgia

Damascus, Georgia

Cochran, Georgia

Lithonia, Georgia

Savannah, Georgia

Savannah, Georgia

Savannah, Georgia

Loganville, Georgia

Savannah, Georgia

Dahlonega, Georgia

Florissant, Missouri

Savannah, Georgia

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Jeffrey Augustus Delise
Jon Michael Lattimore
*Kyrishia La' Doris Reid

Cummings, Georgia

Savannah, Georgia

Milledgeville, Georgia

***Summa Cum Laude

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Magna Cum Laude

*Cum Laude !In Absentia

Kina Odessa Reynolds Savannah, Georgia

* *Karen Aminata Richards Trinidad, West Indies

La Dwayna Zandria Wilcher Savannah, Georgia

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***Rochelle E. Randall Tybee Island, Georgia

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**Asha Melissa Richards Trinidad, West Indies

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Carlos Lavell Baker Woodstock, Georgia

*Shanay Michelle Davis Stone Mountain, Georgia

*Daiza" Shapri Jones Lithonia, Georgia

*Jeremy Baker McMullen Savannah, Georgia

Kesha Avette Walker Crawfordville, Georgia

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Shawn Q. Augustin College Park, Georgia

*Shayaa Baksh El Paso, Texas

*Jose F. Bonilla Seabrook, South Carolina

**Delroy Huborn Lugard Cameron Savannah, Georgia

Monzell L. Sheppard Houston Savannah, Georgia

Elyshia Andrinette Hughes Vossburg, Mississippi

**Litus Marshall Savannah, Georgia

Derrick Marquis Sweney Albany, Georgia

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Derek Kentrell Harris Americus, GA

NOTE: Appearance of name on any list in this program must not be consid-
ered as conclusive evidence of graduation. Persons who have met all require-
ments for a particular degree and whose names appear on lists in this program
will receive the degree indicated.

***Summa Cum Laude **Magna Cum Laude *Cum Laude !In Absentia

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(3.75 - 4.00)

Jankie Devi Ali

Melody Carolyn Geneva Burks
Shavone Shantel Burrows
Damian Louis Centgraf II

Keisha Aniskha Deveaux
Auriel Louise Fields
Rochelle E. Randall
Lakita Cherell Reese

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Erika Faye Adkinson

Toccara Renee Allen

Crystal Calise Barkley

Zarron Damone Brown

Delroy Huborn Lugard Cameron

Florence Breanka Elizabeth Cornish

Adanna E. Dennis-Osuagwu

Jessica Yolanda Green

Kimberly G. Green

Jason Ray Gwinn

Christopher Crawford Kemp

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Sherika Nicole Minor

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Daphney Pierre
Jackie Primer
Veronica Nyeema Rahim
Erin Jacquel Rawls
Kisha Simone Reese
Asha Melissa Richards
Karen Aminata Richards
Ashley Monique Sapp
Teri Palzora Addison Schell
Kaytrina Monique Sharp
Sherrich Monsher Thegg
Sheena Fatima Travis-Bell
Torrez Monroe Wilson

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(3.00 - 3.39)

Shafeqah Johnson Abdullah
Shayaa Baksh
Shekira Andrell Baldwin
Jose F. Bonilla
Cassandra Dee Boyd
Bridgett LaTrelle Brady
Lesley Star Broadnex
Mariano Osvaldo Carrillo
Kenya Irene Crawford
Shanay Michelle Davis
Shirlene Jikel Duval
Jason Dominique Graham
Zenobia Sharika Gray
Nicole Hampton
Karen Denise Harris
Daiz Shapri Jones
Michelle Green Mathis
Jeremy Baker McMullen

Charlena Patrice McRae
Antionette Jenay Manokey
Barry Andre Mincey
Melinda Diana Morgan
Marquita Sherell Parks
Dana Noelle Patmon
Kyrishia La'Doris Reid
Janelle Bertina Richardson
Nykeba Tawana Shider
Fabian Shavar Small
Tiffany L. Stephens
Joi Akira Stevens
Travis Miquel Sumter
Joshua R. Wagner
Kewanda Sharnta Walker
Patricia Louise Winters
Scott Charles Witt

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Observing the centuries-old convocation procedures, each Marshal in the Savannah State
University Academic Procession carries an official mace, which is indicative of the power, dignity,
and magisterium vested in the University. The mace is a club-shaped staff that originated in the
Middle Ages as a weapon. Eventually, it gained a ceremonial character and is presently employed
most often by legislative forums and academic enterprises.

The official mace and stand of Savannah State University were designed and made from mahogany
wood by Dr. Ernest S. Brown, Associate Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering Technology.

The University motto is "Lux Et Veritas" (Light and Truth).

glcafcemic Costume*

Modern academic dress has evolved from a type of apparel prescribed by English
Medieval Universities to distinguish their schools from the lay person in dress at a time when every-
body wore robes or gowns. When American colleges and universities desired to adopt some suit-
able system of academic apparel a half century ago, it seemed best to agree on some definite sys-
tem which all might follow. Accordingly, this attire has consisted of the cap, the gown, and the
hood, the latter two now differing according to the degree the wearer has received.
The modern cap, in academic dress, has the same design for all degrees: black and square-shaped
with a tassel hanging from the center. However, the color of the tassel usually differentiates the field
of study for which the degree was granted, the gold tassel being worn by doctors or by presidents
of colleges and universities; but it may be added that the black tassel is correct for all degrees.
The gown, unlike the cap, differs appreciably in design according to the degree conferred on the
wearer. The gown for the bachelor's degree has pointed sleeves. It is designed to be worn closed.
The gown for the master's degrees, worn open or closed, has an oblong sleeve, open at the wrist,
like the others. The sleeve base hangs down in the traditional manner. The rear part of its oblong
shape is square cut, and the front part has an arc cut away. The doctor's gown, worn open or closed,
has long sleeves faced with velvet; three bars of velvet are midway the sleeves. The trimmings of
the doctor's gown may be black or the color associated with the field of study.
The hood, while not an article of dress, is however, the most distinctive feature of the academic
attire. It is a black, crow-shaped badge or adornment with an oval opening and worn down the back.
It enables one to quickly determine not only the degree held by the wearer but also the college or
university from which he is graduated. The colors lining the hood and the size and the shape of the
hood make this distinction. The bachelor's and master's hoods are three feet and three and a half
feet in length, respectively; the doctor's hood is four feet in length and is made with a wide panel.
Hoods may be worn for only those degrees actually held by the wearers.

Members of the governing body of a college or university, and they only, whatever their degrees
may be, are entitled to wear doctor's gowns (with black velvet), but their hoods may be only those
of degrees actually held by the wearers or those especially prescribed for them by the institution.
In some colleges and universities, it is customary for the president, chancellor, or chief officer to
wear a costume similar to that worn by the head of a foreign university.
The chief marshal may wear a specially designed costume approved by the institution.
For all academic purposes, including trimmings of doctor's gowns, edging of hoods, and tassels of
caps, the color associated with different subjects as prescribed by the revised American
Intercollegiate Code is as follows:

Arts, Letters, Humanities White Oratory (Speech) Silver Gray

Business Drab Philosophy Dark Blue

Economics Copper Physical Education Sage Green

Education Light Blue Public Administration Peacock Blue

Law Purple Science Golden Yellow

Library Science Lemon Social Work Citron

Music Pink Theology Scarlet

At Savannah State University, the lining of the hood has an orange chevron on a blue
background to represent school colors. A faculty member wears the color of his alma mater.

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